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    "content": "so that more jobs can be created and we move people away from unemployment or low- paying jobs to better-paying jobs. That is contained in the Vision 2030 and that is why we are targeting a growth rate of 10 per cent plus. If that happens, then we will be able to absorb more people. Sometimes, when our politicians go to the rural areas, you will hear them from the platform saying: “There are no jobs. The boys are unemployed. The Government is not giving our boys jobs.” The public sector can only absorb so much. Jobs can only be created in the private sector. Our private sector must grow at a much faster rate to be able to create more employment. The Government can only create employment by investing, as we are doing now, in the infrastructure development. I am talking about construction of roads and dams, provision of energy and so on. Some of our people must understand that the Government cannot just stand there and say, “Today, we want to employ half-a-million people.” Where will the Government get the money to employ that number of people? It is not possible. We want to walk together in this. Indeed, we are trying to encourage local as well as foreign investment in this country. That is what is going to help us deal with this issue of handouts. But even in the most developed countries like the USA, Britain and others in Europe, there are social protection programmes. In the UK, there is what they call the DOL. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the people on the DOL, once they get employment, they move out of it. When they lose their jobs, they go back to the DOL. There are, of course, those irresponsible people who are comfortable with what they are getting through the DOL and so they do not want to look for jobs. So, they are always permanently there. We are going to try to create more jobs for our people, but we must cushion some of our most vulnerable population against hunger. Thank you."
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